A velar ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .

Features Features of a velar ejective:

Occurrence Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Abkhaz / 'one' Adyghe Temirgoy // 'calf' Shapsug / / 'tail' Palatalized. Corresponds to in other dialects.Консонантная система уляпского говора в сопоставлении с аналогами других диалектов адыгских языков Amharic /ḳän 'day' Archi / 'bottom' Armenian Yerevan dialect / 'false' Some speakers. Corresponds to tenuis in most speakers and other Eastern dialects.Tbilisi dialect/[kʼɑɹmiɹ]'red' Avar / / 'key' Chechen // 'boy' Damin k'uu 'eye' English Non-local Dublin back 'back' Allophone of for some speakers. Northern English Pre-pausal allophone of for some speakers; may be somewhat palatalised. See English phonology Southern English Scottish Occasional word-final allophone of . Georgian / 'dress' Haida 'beams' Hausa / 'effort'Kabardian Besleney / / 'rope' Palatalized. Corresponds to in other dialects. Kʼicheʼ 'new' Lak // 'rootless, foreign'лакско-русский словарь Link Lezgian / 'fang' Mpade 'to vomit' Navajo'cloud'OssetianIron/'hearth'Digoron/'bag' Quechua 'stick' Saanich 'salmon knife' Labialized Sotho

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